“The experience in Quebec, with a $7-a-day system, is that the plan pays for itself,” she explains. “More women, more parents are able to access paid employment and pay taxes. It improved Quebec’s gross domestic product. It was a huge boost to their economy, and that’s just what we need for BC.”

The average cost of daycare in BC now is $60 a day. According to the latest numbers, only seven per cent of children in Vancouver under the age of three have a childcare space available to them.

Vancouver parents will get a chance to hear how the program would work at a forum this Tuesday at St James Community Square, 3214 West 10th Ave (at Trutch) starting at 7 p.m.

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